ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SUNDAR SI&#7748GH JATHED&#256R BH&#256&#298 (1869-1921)</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META NAME="keywords" CONTENT="SUNDAR,SIDGH,JATHEDR,BH*,Person,Person"> <META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279SUNDAR SI&#7748GH JATHED&#256R, BH&#256&#298 (1869-1921), one of the Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib martyrs, was the son of Bh&#257&#299 Bishan Si&#7749gh and M&#257&#299 Indar Kaur of village &#7692hu&#7693i&#257l, in Jalandhar district. His ancestors came from Ba&#7751&#7693&#257l&#257 village in Amritsar district where they had served in the chiefship of Sard&#257r Baghel Si&#7749gh of the Karo&#7771si&#7749gh&#299&#257 <i>misl</i>. Sundar Si&#7749gh learnt Gurmukh&#299 in the village <i>gurdw&#257r&#257</i> and fondly recited passages from the Sikh texts. He had received the vows of the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 at Sr&#299 Anandpur S&#257hib and had since punctiliously observed the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 <i>rahit</i>. On 19 February 1921, as the call for action came, he led out a 15-strong <i>jath&#257</i> and joined Bh&#257&#299 Lachhma&#7751 Si&#7749gh Dh&#257rov&#257l&#299's men on their way to Nank&#257&#7751&#257 S&#257hib. He laid down his life along with others on the morning of 20 February 1921. <i>See</i> NANK&#256&#7750&#256 S&#256HIB MASSACRE.</p> <p class="C1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Shiroma&#7751&#299 Gurdw&#257r&#257 Parbandhak Committee paid off the family's debt of Rs 502 and granted it a pension of Rs 200 per annum jointly to the two widows. The villagers of Dhann&#363&#257&#7751&#257 raised a memorial, Shah&#299d Gañj (lit. martyrs' memorial). Weekly congregations took place on Sundays. Likewise an annual memorial fair which drew a large number of people to the site kept the memory of the martyrs alive. This continued up to the partition of the country in 1947 which cut the Punjab into two parts obliterating several such signposts.</p> </font> <p class="BIB"> BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1">Shamsher, Gurba<u>kh</u>sh Si&#7749gh, <i>Shah&#299d&#299 J&#299van</i>. Nankana Sahib, 1938<BR> </ol><p class="CONT">Gurcharan Si&#7749gh Gi&#257n&#299<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>